Preparing a tax declaration

To create the tax declaration:

1. Create the tax declaration in one of the following ways:

   • Based on the tax declaration master.

     You must prepare the first tax declaration of a specific type based on the tax declaration master.

     Take the following steps:

     1. In the Steuererklärungsvorlage (tfgld1620m000) session, display the appropriate tax declaration master.
     2. On the appropriate menu, click USt-Erklärungen. The USt-Erklärung (tfgld1625m000) session starts.

   • Based on the previous tax declaration

     For subsequent tax declarations, you can copy the previous declaration and change such details as the tax period and the payment reference.

     take the following steps:

     1. In the USt-Erklärung (tfgld1625m000) session, display an existing declaration of the appropriate type.
     2. Click Duplicate. The USt-Erklärung (tfgld1625m000) session starts.

2. Enter the correct data in the following fields:

   • Steuererklärungsjahr
   • Steuererklärungsperiode
   • Zahlungsreferenz

   Ensure that the details in the remaining fields are correct, and save the data. LN sets the tax declaration status to Erstellt.

To add tax records to the tax declaration:

1. On the appropriate menu of the USt-Erklärung (tfgld1625m000) session, click USt-Erklärungspositionen auswählen. The USt-Erklärungspositionen auswählen (tfgld1226m000) session starts.
2. Indicate whether you want to select the tax records by tax period or by due date, and specify the corresponding range of periods or dates. The range must be within the specified tax year. If you must submit the declaration periodically, select the USt-Periode check box. If you must submit the declaration on or before a specific date, select the Fälligkeitsdatum check box.

3. Click Auswählen. You must specify a device for the error report. LN adds the selected records from the Tax Analysis (tfgld110) table to the tax declaration and sets the tax declaration status to Ausgewählt.

   For each taxable transaction, two lines are created:

   • One line for the tax amount
   • One line for the net transaction amount

4. In the USt-Erklärung (tfgld1625m000) session, view the generated list of taxable transactions, the total tax base amount, and the total tax amount. The only adjustment you can make is to remove records.

   If you prepared a tax declaration XML file for automatic transfer, on the appropriate menu you can click Datei anzeigen. LN displays the generated tax declaration XML file.

5. To remove a taxable transaction, select the line that displays the USt-Betrag and click Delete. LN removes both lines of the transaction and updates the tax base amount and the total tax amount.

Before you can further process the tax declaration, you must approve the declaration. If the correct selection of taxable transactions is selected for the tax declaration, on the appropriate menu, click Genehmigen. LN sets the tax declaration status to Genehmigt.